This was a day of firsts. I sat in the back of Michael's car---4 of us heading toward the coast with no less than 5 Apple devices and 3 DSLR cameras ready to capture and communicate the day---when it occurred to me that I've never looked out over the Pacific Ocean. San Francisco Bay doesn't ... View Post
As promised, a few of many glimpses of life so far in RVA! The energy is pervading: the neighborhood, the foods, the friends, the vibe. You know those times when you're driving and you realize you might be lost, so you turn the radio down? It's almost involuntary---and funny, because that ... View Post
It's gritty, but charming; loud, but intimate; mostly, it's emphatically real. Kuba Kuba is Cuban cuisine at its best. The setting is a bit unlikely, planted in the part of a slate-roofed, residential neighborhood where you might instead expect to see a flower shop or quiet real estate office, if ... View Post
The best of both worlds in one night: staying in and going out. Because going out means driving a few yards down the mountain and over a small hill to get beers at Johnny See Saw's. Act I. Staying in. I was late coming back from Saratoga, where I went to do fun things like return the cable ... View Post
[Daughters of the Revolution dress + Citrine by the Stones necklace + Luxury Divas hat + Chaiken lace shirt... + KJL ring, Linea Pelle belt, Kors boots, Andrew Marc vest, all eBay.] What I wore to Thanksgiving dinner at my aunt and uncle's house atop a hill in rural Vermont. Happiness is having ... View Post